para-lama
The verdict
“para-lama” is outside the top-ranked Portuguese vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - anteparo na frente e em cada um dos lados de um veículo para barrar respingos de lama, água e terra
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | para-lama |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “para-lama” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for para-lama is 9 letters long, classified as a noun. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "anteparo na frente e em cada um dos lados de um veículo para barrar respingos de lama, água e terra".
No generated misspelling entries exist for para-lama in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is para-lama, spelled P-A-R-A---L-A-M-A.
Definition
- 1anteparo na frente e em cada um dos lados de um veículo para barrar respingos de lama, água e terra
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “para-lama”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-A-R-A---L-A-M-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.